I was born in China about 30 years after World War 2, and grew up in a very communist environment. At this time, China still had a very difficult time integrating its economy and relied heavily on raw resources; after that, our family moved to California where I attended Primary and High School.
From then on, I was only interested in one thing- money. At the age of 12, I set up a bank account and started investing in stocks using my very simple concept; I just stuck to it. When I was 15, I had amassed a fortune of 20,000 USD from barely 500USD, and I spent alot of money at the time, too.
By the time I was 18, my road was pretty much set. I owned a small company and twisted with my stocks like puppets; many bankers were eager to hire me and gave me fantastic job offers.
In the end, I joined Merrill Lynch, which is a fantastic company.